Medical Terminology Final Compound Suffix Forms

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-ectasia, -ectasis
dilation, enlargement
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-ectomy
surgical excision; removal of all (total excision) or part (partial excision) of an organ
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-gen
substance that produces (something)
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-genic, -genous
causing, producing, caused by, produced by or in
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-genesis
formation, origin
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-gram
a record of the activity of an organ (often an x-ray)
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-graph
an instrument for recording the activity of an organ
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-graphy
(1) the recording of the activity of an organ (usually by x-ray examination), (2) a descriptive treatise (on a subject)
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-logy
study, science, the study or science of
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-logist
one who specializes in a certain study or science
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-lysis
dissolution, reduction, decomposition, disintegration
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-lytic
pertaining to dissolution or decomposition, disintegration (forms adjectives from words ending in or containing -lysis)
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-malacia
the softening (of tissues) of
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-pathy
disease
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-plasty
plastic or reconstrctive surgery; molding, surgically forming
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-ptosis
tadropping, sagging (of an organ or part)
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-rrhagia
profuse discharge, hemorrhage
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-rrhea
profuse discharge, excessive secretion
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-rrhexis
bursting (of tissues), rupture
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-sclerosis
the hardening (of tissues) of
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-scope
an instrument for examining
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-scopy
examination
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-stenosis
the narrowing (of a part of the body)
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-tome
a surgical instrument for cutting
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-tomy
surgical incision
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-toxic
poisonous (to an organ)
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-toxin
a substance poisonous to (a part of the body)
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